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Global Climate Change
Monitoring
Responding to Emerging Climate Change Policies
2008 AMS Public-Private Partnership Forum
Washington, DC
April 22, 2008
Ron Birk
Director, Mission Integration, Northrop Grumman
Member, Alliance for Earth Observations
Objectives and Activities
The Alliance Works to:
“… to succeed, we need
• Represent a broad & partnerships with industry,
academia, and
global voice
nongovernmental organizations
• Communicate
… We look for industry to
amongst
organize itself … to put forward
organizations
its ideas, needs, and
• Partner with
concerns.”
Users
• Educate
- VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.
(Ret.) Under Secretary for Oceans &
Atmosphere Co-Chair, Group on Earth
Observations
Alliance Activities:
• Architecture
Workshop
• Forum on Earth
Observations
• Expertise and
Community
Resources
• Expert Meetings
• Sponsorships
Our Mission is to promote & support the
understanding and use of Earth observations
Identifying Target Observables
Within the overall context of a system of systems
framework with observing systems, modeling
systems, and decision support systems…
• Global Change observable categories
– Climate – Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)
– Weather – Environmental Data Records (EDRs)
– Solid Earth and Natural Hazards (SESWG Report)
Decision Support enabled by
Earth Observations
Drought for
agriculture
Precipitation for
water availability
Wind for energy
availability
Temperature for
public health
Decision quality information integrated at regional centers enables
adaptation to local conditions
26 GCOS Essential Climate Variables
3.1.
Atmosphere
3.1.1.
3.1.2.
3.1.3.
3.1.4.
3.1.5.
3.1.6.
3.1.7.
3.1.8.
3.1.9.
3.1.10.
3.1.11.
Surface Wind Speed and Direction
Upper-air Temperature
Water Vapour
Cloud properties
Precipitation
Earth Radiation Budget
Ozone
Atmospheric reanalysis (multiple ECVs)
Aerosols
Carbon Dioxide, Methane and other Greenhouse Gases
Upper-air Wind
3.2.
Oceans
3.2.1.
3.2.2.
3.2.3.
3.2.4.
3.2.5.
3.2.6.
3.2.7.
Sea Ice
Sea Level
Sea Surface Temperature
Ocean Colour
Sea State
Ocean Reanalysis
Ocean Salinity
3.3.
Terrestrial
3.3.1.
3.3.2.
3.3.3.
3.3.4.
3.3.5.
3.3.6.
3.3.7.
3.3.8.
3.3.9.
3.3.10.
Lakes
Glaciers and Ice Caps, and Ice Sheets
Snow Cover
Albedo
Land Cover
fAPAR
LAI
Biomass
Fire Disturbance
Soil moisture
Global Essential Climate Variables with Heritage Records (Karl et al., 2007 AMS)
Global Essential Climate Variables through 2050
NPOESS
NPOESS
NPOESS
NPOESS
NPOESS
NPOESS GPM
NPOESS
NPOESS
NPOESS
NPOESS
NPOESS
NPOESS
NPOESS
Generally considered adequate
Usefulness is unknown, application-
Generally considered inadequate
No viable observations
for developing CDR's
dependent, or access-dependent
for developing CDR's
available
55 Environmental Data Records (EDRs)
Solid Earth and Natural Hazards
Decadal Survey Recommendations
to NASA
Climate Services provided by NOAA
- Strategic Centers -
Customers
10 National Ops Centers
10 Research and Specialized Support Centers
NOAA Services
- 6 Regional Support Centers 13 River Forecast Centers
6 Regional Climate Centers
•
Partners
Northeast Region
Sensors
- 123 WFOs -
Boston
What can we do for Global Climate
Change monitoring?
• Identify target observables
• Evaluate capacity of current and
planned systems to acquire and deliver
target observables
• Identify gaps in coverage (geographic,
spatial, temporal, radiometric)
• Contribute innovation & technology
development to close gaps
• Advocate for solutions
• Promote value of EO to society & the
economy
Work Together with
a Global Voice
System of Systems Approach
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7.
Enterprise Architecture
Comprehensive & Interoperable
Research and Operations (R&O)
Sustained Capabilities
Net-Centric Approach
Integrated Solutions
Delivering Benefits to Society